BGR’s Live Like A Genius series: MLB.com At Bat 2010

If you’re a baseball fan, and seldom find yourself in front of your TV set at game time, Major League Baseball’s MLB.com At Bat 2010 is a must-have application. Available for Android, the iPhone/iPad, or BlackBerry, At Bat provides, “real-time scores, live audio, in-game highlights and more.” You have the ability to set your favorite team(s) — cough, Red Sox, cough — and receive push notifications when new video highlights, box scores, and/or a condensed game summary becomes available. As for live in-game audio, you have your choice of which audio feed you would like to hear, that of the home team or the opposing team. The audio quality is good — great with 3G, okay with 2G — although there is a 2-3 minute lag from the radio feed. Occasionally, we’ll be listening to the audio of a game in the 9th inning and get a push notification of the final score while the audio is still playing. At Bat definitely isn’t the cheapest app you’re going to have on your phone, priced at $14.99 (up from $9.99 last year), but with the addition of push notifications and an improved interface, we think baseball fans will agree it is worth its weight in gold.

This post is part of our “Live Like A Genius” content series sponsored by Buick and the all-new 2010 LaCrosse.

No push updates on Android version. Would love it if it had push! Still a good app though. Go Orioles!

Adam

The Android version I downloaded during spring training was rife with errors dropping the audio feed. There was a recent update that fixed that just in time for Opening Day, though.

Really great app, recommended!

word up

you fail to mention that there is at least one free live game each night.

Andrew Munchbach

Yes, it can do that, however… it uses your phones GPS to make sure you are “out of market.” If you are in Chicago you can’t watch the White Sox or Cubs game. You have to be elsewhere.

MIke D

I have this app on my Droid. I can’t find out how to watch a game live. Is this not an option for the Android version?

zapote21

But you can set the audio for your favorite game (Mets – cough cough), and go back to the home screen and keep doing other stuff (on Android of course)… Its awesome This app rocks!

Chris

the Mets…Well I guess there is always next season.

red014

Ouch… So soon?

AT

From what I understand of the first version, it’s an annual subscription to the app. It’s not a one time only fee and you’re good for the rest of the years you have it. Any confirmation on that?

ThePhreak

Yes, it’s an annual subscription. Like I pointed out in a post below, it comes out to a whopping 7.1 cents a day for the length of the baseball season.

Go Phillies!

Tdot34

Who cares, NHL playoffs are starting! A real sport.

Chris

yeah in Canada

(The real Jarrett) Jarrett

And Minnesota you prick.

Greenwave

im trying to get into baseball this year but the fact that it requires a extremely high annual fee plus payment for the app itself is a huge turn off

ThePhreak

The application is steep in comparison to other applications, yes, but it’s also only $15. It comes out to 7.1 cents a day for the entirety of the season. There is no other fee besides the $15 application for MLB at Bat.

For me, it was a no brainer. It’s updated very quickly and the live audio is great. Get it, you honestly won’t regret spending $15.

tokyosteve

-cough -cough YANKS -cough- *spit blood- cough

Great APP… heard the Yanks pull it out in Fiend-way last night (4/6)…. and the opening day loss two nights ago (4/4)

Eric Hyche

I think the best feature is the condensed games. I don’t have 3+ hrs to watch the nightly Braves or Red Sox game, but I do have 10 minutes the next morning to watch the condensed game. The condensed game just shows the decisive pitch for each batter, be it a hit, walk, strikeout, etc.

tokyosteve

what do you for the NY teams #1 rivals? smh

tokyosteve

tokyosteve

>root<

Laz

Great App on my Blackberry for a Cub’s fan living in Arizona!

rugbyua9

Phillies!

I love this app… i use it everyday. It comes in handy to check stats for fanatsy baseball. I wouldn’t be able to live knowing i didnt purchase this app for my Storm 2.

rudy

best app on my iphone

rusty

This app screems for Multitasking. Come on apple!!!

Lonndog

I’m digging it, but needless to say, it’s a battery eater, mostly due to me keeping the screen on full-time to watch each pitch.

Funny thing happens to me just before I lose the audio stream–the audio starts to speed up, sounds like the broadcaster just took a big ol’ hit of helium. It’ll do that for several seconds, then it cuts out.

Small quibble, that–can’t live without it!

WolfpackOfOne

Not a bad app, except the money hungry people at MLB want you to pay $15 and that DOES NOT let you stream the audio from their site. That will run you another $20. That sucks for those of us who have crappy AT&T service and can’t get coverage in our building while at work.

Laz

Wolf,
Can’t you run this app via Wifi?

WolfpackOfOne

I only wish. No wifi allowed in our building. To much security…. :-(

http://words.bucksworld.net/ Nuthin

I think I’ll stick with Sports Tap tyvm…and its free

I don’t need to hear audio or see video, there are enough ways to watch the game elsewhere if I’m so inclined. Just give me a score update when it happens and the box score, and Sports Tap does that very nicely, besides working for most other major and some minor sports as well, not just baseball.

Go Brewers!

Ender

GO MARINERS!!!!

Joe

I bought the Premium MLB.TV before the season started…does anyone know if I can combine that subscription with this app so that I can watch live video on my Android phone via WiFi and/or 3G?

tim

I find it to be very useful. I am forced to listen to the Cards games on a terrible AM station that has no power. I use the audio feed right here in town. Like last night when they beat the Reds!!

nothtckid

it’s not too expensive, but unles you have an iPhone this app is WORTHLESS. no push on the blackberry, no video on the blackberry, no trakcing player son hte blackberry. and on android you get no push and the video is shotty at best, not ot mentio no player tracker.

basically it is a 15 dollar scoreboard. wich I am ok with, but MLB with all of it’s cash and wisdom should really be able to write a program that works on all three major smartphone platforms without much of an issue. but they can’t.

nothtckid

it’s not too expensive, but unless you have an iPhone this app is WORTHLESS. no push on the blackberry, no video on the blackberry, no tracking player son the blackberry. and on android you get no push and the video is shotty at best, not to mention no player tracker.

basically it is a 15 dollar scoreboard. wich I am ok with, but MLB with all of it’s cash and wisdom should really be able to write a program that works on all three major smartphone platforms without much of an issue. but they can’t.